Dreamland 07 - Satan's Tail by Dale Brown

Author:Dale Brown [Brown, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2010-12-19T21:21:59+00:00

SATAN’S TAIL

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“No, sir.”

“It’s a pretty nice place.”

“We’re relocating because of me?”

“No. Not because of you. Because some of the Saudis don’t understand what it is we’re about. Orders from the White House and our current mission commander.” Dog tried to hold his face neutral as he mentioned Storm. “Nothing to do with you. Lighten up, Starship. Maybe you should try taking a nap.”

“I’m OK, Colonel,” said the pilot.

“Don’t get morose. You did a good job with that ship back there. Watch the tape. You did a good job.”

Delaford looked over at him. “Got a second, Colonel?”

“Plenty of them.”

“I was looking at our patrol route. I have a couple of places we can drop a buoy and recover the Piranha from automated mode ahead of schedule.”

“Sounds good. Transfer them to my station. We’ll do it, assuming our tail holds up and Storm doesn’t come up with something else for us to do.”

Khamis Mushait Air Base

0228

ZEN PUSHED THE DOOR TO THE ROOM OPEN AS QUIETLY AS

possible, but it had a spring on the hinge and there was no way to keep it open and get inside without a sound. The light snapped on just as he stopped to let it close behind him.

“Hey,” said his wife from the bed.

“Hey back.”

The room was set up like an oversized hotel room, with the bathroom and a closet off a very narrow hall near the door to the outside. This made it hard to get into the bathroom with his wheelchair, and Zen’s maneuvering was complicated by an inch-high piece of marble at the doorway. The marble looked real pretty, unless you had to roll over it.

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